Join our fundraising efforts by stopping by the Space anytime between 10 am and 4 pm that day to drop off your monetary gift to help BEST build superheroes. Feel free to peruse our Superhero Shoppe for a little holiday shopping, take a tour of the Space and enjoy some light refreshments.

The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is deeply honored to support veterans and their families.

And we also like to take every opportunity to offer our thanks and appreciation to our veteran community, today and every day.

Yesterday, BEST presented special handcrafted thank you cards for local veterans for the Pierce County Heroes to Hometown (H2H) organization in Tacoma, Washington. H2H works with a coalition of community partners to build community and establish support networks around our veterans and their loved ones.

BEST is honored to be one of the community support partners and wanted a personal and special way to share our appreciation to veterans.

Thank you cards for local veterans crafted by BESTies (photo by K.Thompson)

BEST Veteran Appreciation project leads, BEST Board Director and Support Group Facilitator, Jeff Hartson, and BEST Gratitude Specialist and local artist, Diane Rasch, coordinated a team of BESTies to create the unique and special cards of thanks with a heartfelt message of thanks.

Several of these special cards from the BEST community are shown in the picture above.

Thank you Jeff, Diane and all the Tacoma-area BESTies who participated in this project.

The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) Joins the Global #GivingTuesday Movement, pledges to empower and support the brain injury community and their families of Washington State.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University Place, WA November 15, 2018 – The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. The BEST #GivingTuesday mission is to engage, energize and empower the brain injury community and their families and help them soar to new heights in their lives. Occurring this year on November 27, #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (in the US) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday to kick off the holiday giving season and inspire people to collaborate in improving their local communities and to give back in impactful ways to the charities and causes they support.

BEST has joined #GivingTuesday to continue to build on our superhero mission of supporting and empowering the real-life superheroes of the brain injury community, their caregivers and their families in Washington State. BEST is unique in that the organization’s leadership and services are built by and for individuals with brain injury.

Through BEST’s robust peer support, educational, socialization, advocacy and support opportunities, the organization provides the tools, skills and strategies for brain-injured adults to live the BEST lives possible. Our #GivingTuesday mission is to bolster our tools to support the brain injury community, build brain injury awareness and add to our superhero team of supporters.

Our 2018 real-life BEST superhero is Robin Spicuzza. Here’s what Robin had to say about BEST.

“It’s pretty simple: when all the systems and services that are in place to help with brain injury failed, BEST was, and is, the only place where I found hope, recovery, friendship and family.”

Those who are interested in joining the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST)’s #GivingTuesday initiative can visit brainenergysupportteam.org. For more details about the #GivingTuesday movement, visit the #GivingTuesday website (www.givingtuesday.org), Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GivingTuesday) or follow @GivingTues and the #GivingTuesday hashtag on social media.

About the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST)

The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST), is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 2008. The mission of BEST is to provide support, advocacy, public awareness, education and socialization opportunities to individuals with a brain injury and their families. BEST provides support to over 50 brain injury support groups in Washington State.

To learn more about the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) participants and activities or to join the celebration of giving, please visit:

In fact, we know where they shop: right here at the Superhero Shoppe, located inside Our BEST Space in University Place, Washington!

Be a real-life superhero and shop at the Superhero Shoppe, too! Perfect for fun holiday goodies and gifts that benefit a great cause.

Here are the details:

Who: All Superheroes and their friends!

What: A shoppe that offers fun and unique superhero gifts, accessories and more. Proceeds from the Superhero Shoppe support the superheroes of the brain injury community and the superhero programs, services and resources offered at Our BEST Space. The Superhero Shoppe also proudly features the work of paper artist, Diane Rasch of Heartfelt Tidbits of Creativity.

Why: To share superhero support and fun to the entire community (and to the world!).

More Superhero Shoppe info: Watch this space for our new online Superhero Shoppe coming soon on the BEST website! With our new and upcoming online shoppe, you can shop 24 X 7 from the convenience of home!

BEST will be adding new items regularly to the shoppe. Please visit the BEST blog for the latest inventory announcements and updates.

To note: As a volunteer organization, hours may vary. For more information, please contact us at 877-719-2378 or admin@brainenergysupportteam.org. The Superhero Shoppe accepts cash, credit card or personal check (with valid ID and from a local bank only). We do not accept bills $50 and higher.